Bag-fastener



(No Model.)

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BAG FASTENER. I

No. 294,228. Patented Pebyza, 1884.

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WILLIAM B. HANLON, or BBIDGEPORT, OHIO.

BAG-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,228, dated February 26, 1884.

Application filed October 10, 1883. (No model.)

T allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. HANLON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a bag-tie con-' structed in accordance with my invention. Figs. 2 and 3am opposite end elevations of the metallic fastener with the cord removed. Fig. 4 is a plan view illustrating one manner of attaching the cord and fastener to a bag. Figs. 5 and 6 are illustrations showing the manner of using the tie so as to produce a single and double fastening, respectively, of the cord about the neck of a bag; modification hereinafter described.

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My invention relates to bag-fasteners in which a knotted cord is secured to a bag or to one end of a piece of metal having a hook at one end, and the knotted portion of said cord is made to engage with said hook; and

the objects of my improvement are to permit the knots upon the cord to be retained at different points upon the fastener to regulate the tension of the cord, and also to secure it at two points, or have it double-locked, as here i in the mouth or neck of the bag 0, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.. The outside surface of the fastener consists of a number of hook-shaped lugs, a, arranged at opposite edges and projecting in pairs from the main portion of the fastener. The tops of these lugs are inclined toward each other, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so that they act to prevent an unin- Fig. 7 is a tentional removal of the cord when once placed between them. Each of the lugs a is curved at one side in the form of a hook, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 4, so that they act to hold a knot, b, from escapement there side of the next pair of lugs a and produce a downward and upward bend upon the cord, which further assists in retaining the knot in the position described. The only manner in which the cord and knot b can escape from the lugs a, in which it is first inserted, is by a movement directly outward fromthe fastener A; and to prevent such a movement I carry the second strand or coil of the cord over the first and between the second and last pairs of lugs a, and after bringing the cord under tension I insert one of the knots b between the curved or hook-shaped sides of said last pair of lugs, as clearly shown in Fig. 6.

As shown in Fig. 7, the fastener may be provided with lugs a, arranged in triplets, instead of pairs, whereby it is adapted for use in connection with two cords, and these may lie horizontally between the lugs, andbe each fastened by a single tie, as shown inFig. 5, or by a double tie by passing each cord twice around the neck of the bag, as shown in Fig. 6, each one of the successive pairs of lugs a being adapted to receive the knots b and permit the cord to be easily adjusted in position around the neck of the bag.

The fastener A is simple in construction, effective in operation, and can be manufactured cheaply. Preferably it may be of malleable iron, the lugs a being cast parallel with each other, with a curved side on each, or not, and afterward bent into the desired relative position or formed with cored patterns, whereby the simple operation of casting produces the article ready for attachment to a bag.

It is obvious that my bag-tie is capable of use without being connected with a bag, as shown in Fig. 4, in which the cord passes through two perforations, c. I therefore do not limit myself to such a use thereof.

Having described my invention and its operation, what I claim is- 1. As an article of manufacture, the fastener A, comprising the T-hcaded and perforated lugs. a and the successive pairs of oppositely-arranged bent lugs a, having hook.- shaped sides, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of a fastener provided with a series of pairs of hooked lugs, a, and

perforated lugs a, and a bag, 0, perforated, as 15 at c c, with a cord, B, passing through the perforations c c of the bag, substantially as shown and described.

3. A fastener provided with a series of hook-shaped bent lugs, 61., and perforated lugs 20 a at each end, in combination with a knotted rope, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, XVILLIAM B. HANLON.

Vitnesses:

ANDREW J. Baees, SHERMAN J. BAGGS. 

